major sixth

English

Noun

major sixth (plural major sixths)

1. (music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of nine semitones and spanning six degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a minor sixth and enharmonically equivalent to a diminished seventh.

   The major sixth has a pitch ratio close to 27:16.

Synonyms

• M6

Translations

a musical interval

• Maori: ono matua
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• Russian: больша́я се́кста f (bolʹšája séksta)